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Planning and Building Agency <br />santa-ana.org/pb <br />Item # 37 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />June 15, 2021 <br />TOPIC: Zoning Ordinance Amendment (ZOA) No. 2021-01 – Light Processing <br />(Recycling) Facilities <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Public Hearing - Adoption of an Ordinance Approving ZOA No. 2021-01 Amending <br />Sections 41-472 and 41-472.5 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) to Require a <br />Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for Light Processing Facilities in the Light Industrial (M-1) <br />Zoning District. <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Adopt an ordinance approving ZOA No. 2021-01 to amend Sections 41-472 and 41-472.5 <br />of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) requiring a conditional use permit (CUP) for <br />Light Processing Facilities in the Light Industrial (M-1) zoning district. <br />DISCUSSION <br />On January 19, 1988, the City Council adopted Ordinance NS-1946, adding Article XIV <br />to Chapter 41 of the Santa Ana Municipal Code (SAMC) to regulate recycling facilities. <br />The ordinance created a regulatory framework to define, allow, and regulate recycling <br />facilities and related uses in Santa Ana, including: recycling facilities, collection facilities, <br />and processing facilities. A subsequent ordinance, Ordinance NS-2333, was adopted on <br />October 6, 1997 to update and bring the City’s existing recycling facilities ordinance into <br />conformance with State laws in place at the time. <br />Recycling uses range from smaller drop-off (collection) facilities and reverse vending <br />machines at the various commercial centers throughout Santa Ana, to processing <br />facilities where recyclable materials are bailed, compacted, flattened, grinded and <br />crushed, sorted, shredded, cleaned, and remanufactured. These more complex <br />operations are defined as processing facilities, further broken down into two categories: <br />Light and Heavy, and are permitted in Santa Ana’s Industrial (M-1 and M-2) zoning <br />districts. <br />Processing facilities are defined in SAMC Section 41-1250 (d). As defined in the SAMC, <br />a processing facility is a building or enclosed space used for the collection and processing